Gotthard tunnel, Switzerland, (RSR, Fre) – Miners broke through to the western tunnel of the the Gotthard base tunnel rail project Wednesday, according to AlpTransit Gothard AG, the CFF rail company subsidiary in charge of the project. The opening comes nine months ahead of schedule, good news for a project that has had mining setbacks. […]
Travels
When I travel, I drink wine. In fact, I usually organize my travels around learning about it because wine isn't a beverage, it's a culture.
Vaud alcohol road accidents on rise
Lausanne and Neuchatel, Switzerland (20 Minutes, Fre) – Alcohol-related road accidents are on the rise in Vaud, climbing at a faster rate than in other cantons which have recently seen an increase. Traffic accidents where excessive consumption of alcohol is involved fell in the months following Switzerland’s adoption of stricter drink-driving rules. In January 2005 […]
Patchwork of American voices
Notes from conversations in the US last week: Insurance agent, Kansas City, on tatoos: They are the work of the devil, and people who get them are in league with him. They’re evil. Colorado forest fire fighter, on SUVs: Don’t they ever ask themselves how many soldiers in Iraq die for each time they fill […]
Gotthard Tunnel advances, costs remain stable
Gotthard Tunnel, Switzerland (romandie/ats, Fre) – The Gotthard Tunnel costs are being contained and 68% of the work has been completed, according to the latest report. Delays on the tunnel have been linked to the government’s decision not to build a third rail line between Geneva and Lausanne as part of the overall Swiss rail […]
TRAVEL / New York’s bravest of the brave
The photos in this series show Engine 55 in lower Manhattan’s Little Italy, just before the alarm sounded, followed by the firemen racing to pull on jackets as the engine pulls out of the station, shouting the address of where they are headed to the firefighters as they clamber aboard. Manhattan’s fire engines respond, on […]